The International GENDERA Roundtable ''Gender and Research Funding'' took place in Bratislava on Tuesday, 18th May 2010. Fifty five participants from eight countries attended the workshop, which addressed the problem of gender equality measures and practices used or not used by funding organisations. Twelve speakers from both European institutions (European Commission and COST) and national funding bodies, research organisations and women’s associations presented interesting and inspiring practices aimed at promoting gender equality in research funding and project evaluation. The speakers CVs are available here and the presentations can be downloaded here:
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Opening Session, Chair: Alexandra Bitusikova, MatejBel University, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia Welcome and Introduction, Dora Groo, GENDERA Coordinator, Director of Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation
Keynote Speech: Gender and Excellence in Science, Rossella Palomba, Research Director CNR - National Research Council, Italy Q&A |
| 10:30 - 12:00 |
Good Examples: European Perspective, Chair: Judith Abrahami, ORTBraude College of Engineering, Israel Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT, Nancy Pascall, European Commission, DG INFSO Gender Balance in the ERC Grants, Monika Lanzenberger, European Research Council Executive Agency, Belgium COST – a flexible research networking tool to foster innovation and gender equality, Martin Grabert, Director, COST, Belgium Q&A |
| 13:00 - 14:30 |
Roundtable: Measures and Practices, Chair: Florian Holzinger, Joanneum Research, Austria Innovation and Gender in Sweden, Robert Hamrén, VINNOVA, Sweden Gender Equality in Science and Academia, Barbara Riesche, DFG, Germany Gender Mainstreaming in technology-funding in Austria, Susanne Schinkinger, ZIT Zentrum für Innovation und Technologie GmbH, Austria Gender (Im)Balance in OTKA, Árvácska Sárpatki, Hungarian National Research Fund, Hungary Q&A |
| 15:00 - 16:00 |
Project Examples, Chair: Tracey French,Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Germany Gender and Research Funding, Serenella Martini, Department for Equal Opportunities, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Italy PRAGES Project – Practising Gender Equality in Science, Giovanna Declich, ASDO, Italy GENDERA – Good Practices on Gender Equality in R&D Organisations, Florian Holzinger, Joanneum Research, Austria Q&A Close Dóra Groó, GENDERA Coordinator, Director of Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation |